Important Limited Edition & Modern Co...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 95

International Watch Co., Schaff-hausen, "Da Vinci Rattrapante", Ref. 9254. Pro-duced for the 10th anniversary of the "Da Vinci" in a limited edition of 500 examples in the late 1990?s. Very fine, astronomic, self-win-ding, water-resistant to 30 me-ters, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, per-petual calendar, moon phases, 44 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold IWC bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, auxiliary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12 hours re-gister, the days of the month, of the week, the months, aper-tures for the moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. "Bâton" tritium-coated yellow gold hands. M. Cal. C. 79251, gilt brass, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 43 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic ba-lance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Approx. overall length: 200 mm.